Improvement in reversible latches



i same, showing the parts in place. i

- niet em @me @mail JACQB .KINZEIL 0r PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 103,054, dated May 17, 1870.

` IMPRUVEMENT-IN' REVERSIBLE LTCHES.

` The Schedine referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

' I, JACOB KINZER, of Pittsburg, in 4the :county of Allegheny and State ofiPennsylva-niat, have invented an Improved' Mode of Casting Lntclboltswith Swivel Heads, of which the following is :t specificattion.

Nature alnduoly'wts of the I niient'ion.

jMyinvention relzttesto the vapplication of a. east swivel-head, with :t lcylindrical shank, ns Encore upon which to cast n body or tail-piece, the `object `of' this phrt of myinrention being to avoid the'rivetng of burs oruse of screws or other fastenings necessitated by heads with wrought-iron shrinks nppliedrby any-mode other thauilca-sting.

Description 0j' the Accomlumyiny Drawings.

Figure 1 isle side elevation of :t cast swivelhead.`

Figure 2 is :i phniof the' sanne.

Figure 3 is :i side elevation of :v coinpletellntch# holt.

Figure 4 is a;V vertical trzinsverse section 4 Vof the Fignre is a. plan of a, complete latch-bolt. Figure 6 is aplan of a. tnilfpiece.,

Figure 7 is n. View of n. complete latch-bolt.

General D esqriptfion. a is :i head cast with :t round or cylindrical Shank,l having :t shoulder or ehnnnelin its circumference.

The mold, being nitide from apat-teru, as shown in fig. 5, the heads a :tre used ns cores, being placed in the prints left for them in the mold. Themetal is'rnn upon them, forming the tail-'piece b, the eross,

bard-which is shown in the tail-pieceb, having the requisite strength to retain the head firmly in pince, yet permit of its being tnrnedas desired.

and well-known device.

Claim 1 claim as' my invention- The latch when cast in two pieces, so that the head may revolve within thetail-piece, substantially as described.' i

JACOB KINZER.

'itnesses:

JNO. W. CULMER, DANL. KINz-En.

, I lo` not claim this mode ofcztsting, it being nn old 

